Method of making brassieres



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/-//S ATTORNEYS largement at each end. When the stay member 20 is in place in the garment shown in Fig. 1, the arm portions 2| and 22 occupy the two channels I0, In of pocket sections 2 and 3 respectively, the ends 24 extending to the ends l8 and i9 f the channels which are disposed substantially vertically above the centers of the two pocket sections. Cross-piece 23 extends between the two adjacent opposite ends l6 and I1 of the channelsand may be concealed by means of extension of fabric section 4 which is arranged to be folded over the end and secured in place by means of a snap fastener 25, 25.

Stay member 20 is stiff and resilient and may be made of spring steel or other material of somewhat similar stiffness and resiliency. Its ends 24, before the stay is placed in the garment, occupy positions somewhat higher and somewhat nearer each other than after being placed within the channels It, as may be seen by comparing Fig. 3 and Fig. 1. The upper edges of pocket portions 2 and 3 between the ends It and IQ of the channels and the center of the garment are stretched and held taut by the resiliency of stay 20.

The improved method of assembling the stay and garment is illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The first step is to fold the two halves of the garment so as to bring the two pocket sections 2 and 3 and the two channels i0, i0 into substantially parallel relation with one another, in which position they may be held for example by means Of the left hand, with the index finger inserted just below fabric section 4 which connects the two pocket sections. Stay member 20 is grasped by th right hand either before or after folding the garment as just described and is bent to bring its two halves or arms 2i into approximately parallel relation and may be held by the right hand as shown in Fig. 4. The ends 24 are then inserted in the open ends l6 and H of channels 50, and slid part way into the channels.

If desired stay 2i? may be pushed all the way into channels It, but when the ends 24 have been pushed in toabout the distance shown in Fig.5 the'resiliencyfof stay 20 causes the arms to spread apart and propel the stay into channels 10. This self-propulsion will continue, the arms 2! and 22 sliding through the fingers until theinsertion of the stay is almost complete, with only a short portion, about as shown in Fig, 6, still remaining to be pushed in by the operator. The operator then folds extension 5 over crosspiece 23 and closes the snap fastener 25, 25 to complete the assembly.

It will be observed that the stifiness and resiliency of stay 28 is such that, although the two halves of the stay can be bent by the hands into parallelism, as shown in Fig. 4, when the arms are released the resiliency is sufficient to maintain the garment substantially fiat, that is to say stretched out into bust-conforming position, approximately as shown in Fig. 6, where the inside portion of the garment is given a concave curvature to conform generally with the shape of the wearers body.

In Fig. 1 the invention has been illustrated in connection with a bandeau garment of the strapless type in which the seams or hems along the lower edges of the two extensions 6 and I constitute in effect a band fitting snugly around the body, and the upper outline of the garment being maintained in proper position by the stiffness of the stay member 20. In Fig. 7 the inpocket sections 2m and 3m stitched along substantially arcuate seams in part to side sections 26 and in part to mid-section 21. Along these seams therealso extend the two channels IUm, Him which may be formed by the application of a strip of tape 29over the circular seams, this tape being held in place by two lines of stitches 30 along its marginal edges.

Inasmuch as stay member 20m is shorter than stay 29 channels film may be terminated short of the top centers 3i of the pocket sections, although from a manufacturing standpoint it may be simpler to continue the channels to the tops of the pockets as is the case in Fig. 1. Shoulder straps 32 are attached at the top centers 3! and at the proper points at the rear of the two side sections 25. The inner ends of channels lEJm are open as before, as indicated at Him and Hm, and after the stay has been put in place, its upper portion may be concealed by means of a flap extension 5m which is held in place as previously described.

In this form of garment the two pocket sections 2m and 3m are interconnected by means of the elastic insert 2 as well as by fabric section tm which is preferably but not necessarily inelastic. The method of assembling stay 20m in channels mm is similar to that described above. The length of the arm portions 2lm and 22m can be varied as desired.

Although the upper edges 33 of pockets 2m and 3m between the top center points 3l' of the pockets and the longitudinal center of the garment (also the similar edges of the garment of Fig. l) are shown as being straight, it will be understood that they may have a circular or other curved outline as desired. Also it may be understood that the pocket sections of either the garment of Fig. l or Fig. '7 although shown as being made of one piece of material, may be of the two piece type, that is with the lower pocket sections of somewhat heavier or stifi'er material than the upper or of any other suitable material, or style, as dictated by the fashion of the time.

Because of the stiffness of arm members 2lm and 22m and the width of the band sections 26, 21 of the garment of Fig. '7, there is a tendency for the lower portions of the two pocket sections to hang away from the body. This tendency is overcome by the stretching of the elastic section 2'? which may be composed of any suitable stretchable material. Thus for example as shown in Fig. 9, in order for the lower portions of pocket sections 2m and 3m to fit snugly against the body, as at 34, it is necessary that elastic insert 21 be stretched along its lower edge to a greater extent than in its upper portion. The stretch or extension of this material in the upper part of section 21 between the pocket sections enables the pocket sections to be brought into proper fitting relation to the breasts. This is provided for in the garment in Fig. 1 by the flexing of stay member 20.

aeoaaus The modified form of stay member 20m is shown as being provided with a properly tempered spring loop 35 in its connecting crosspiece 23m so as to facilitate the bending together of the two halves or arms of the stay member during the assembly operation.

It will be understood that whenever reference is made in the appended claims to the peripheries of breast pockets, it is to the boundary of that portion of the pocket intended actually to enclose the breast which is referred to rather than to the pattern or seam of the pocket which may be square or rectangular or oblong and may extend beyond the channels l0.

It will be understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular forms which have been illustrated and described above by way of example, but may be variously modified within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The method of making a brassire or the like having two interconnected adjacent breast receiving pockets which comprises providing channels extending along the peripheries of said respective pockets having open ends adjacent the longitudinal center of the garment, folding the garment to bring said channels into approximately parallel relation with one another, providing a resilient stay member having connected symmetrical arms shaped to conform substantially to the shape of said channels, bending the arms of said member into approximately parallel relation, inserting the ends thereof in the open end portions of said channels and releasing said stay member, the resiliency thereof serving automatically to propel the member into said channels.

2. The method of making a brassiere or the like having two interconnected adjacent breast receiving pockets which comprises providing channels extending along the peripheries of said respective pockets having open ends adjacent the longitudinal center of the garment, providing a resilient stay member having symmetrical halves shaped to conform substantially to the shape of said channels, folding said stay member and said garment to place the halves of the stay member approximately parallel and the ends thereof facing in the same direction, and the channels of the garment in approximate parallelism, bringing said folded parts into juxtaposition and inserting and releasing the two ends of the stay member simultaneously in the open ends of said channels.

3. The method of assembling a brassiere or the like having two interconnected adjacent breast receiving pockets with channels extending along the peripheries of said respective pockets having open ends adjacent the center of the garment and a, resilient stay member having symmetrical halves shaped to conform substantially to the shape of said channels which comprises folding the garment to place said channels into approximately parallel relation with one another, bending the arms of said stay member into approximately parallel relation, inserting the ends of said arms in the open end portions of said channels and releasing said stay member, the resiliency thereof serving automatically to propel the member into said channels.

4. The method of making a brassiere or the like having two connected adjacent breast receiving pockets which comprises providing channels extending along the periphery of said respective pockets having open ends adjacent the longitudinal center of the garment, folding the garment to bring said channels into approximately parallel relation with one another, providing a. resilient stay member having connected symmetrical arms shaped to conform substantially to the shape of said channels, bending the arms of said member into approximately parallel relation, and inserting said stay member in position in said channels.

5. The method of making a brassiere or the like having two connected adjacent breast receiving pockets which comprises providing channels extending along the periphery of said respective pockets having open ends adjacent the longitudinal center of the garment, folding the garment to bring said channels into approximately parallel relation with one another, providing a resilient stay member having connected symmetrical arms shaped to conform substantially to the shape of said channels, bending the arms of said member into approximately parallel relation, inserting the ends thereof in the open end portions of said channels, and pushing said stay member into position therein.

SYDNEY S. ALBERTS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,837,958 Ferrero Dec. 22, 1931 1,989,303 Alberts Jan. 29, 1935 2,347,578 Roher Apr. 25, 1944 2,402,302 Spiecker Jan. 18, 1946 2,420,593 Gluckin May 13, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 413,228 Great Britain July 12, 1934 781,297 France Feb. 18, 1935 

